Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- MAPS -- FOREWORD -- EDITOR'S PREFACE -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM OF MAKESHIFT LANGUAGE AND DIALECT IN HAWAII -- Chapter 2 LOCAL DIALECT AND MAKESHIFT LANGUAGE IN THEIR WIDER SETTING -- Chapter 3 THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF MAKESHIFT LANGUAGE AND REGIONAL DIALECT IN HAWAII -- Chapter 4 THE CREOLE DIALECT OF HAWAII: ITS ORIGIN AND ITS FUNCTION -- Chapter 5 WHY THE IMMIGRANTS' LANGUAGES HAVE NOT BEEN DISPLACED -- Chapter 6 HOW A COLONIAL DIALECT AROSE FROM THE CREOLE DIALECT -- Chapter 7 THE NATURE, FUNCTIONS, AND PROBABLE FUTURE OF THE COLONIAL DIALECT OF HAWAII -- Chapter 8 CONCLUSIONS -- Appendix EXAMPLES OF MAKESHIFT AND DIALECTAL ENGLISH USED IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- COMMUNICATIONS -- INDEX